Coiffure pin



Get. 10, 1944. w s I 2,360,184

COIFFURE PIN Filed Aug. 27, 1943 Inventor said legs.

Patented Oct. 10, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ml! PIN Daniel M. Willis, Palo Alto, Calif.

Application August 27, 1943, Serial No. 500,249

2 Claims. (01. 132-50) My invention relates to improvements in coiflure pins for use more particularly by hair dressers to set curls for combing into a hair dress or the like.

The invention is designed with the particular object in view of providing an inexpensive device of this character which is especially adapted for quicker and easier application than the usual pins of commerce, and which clips over a curl and maintains the same in form without mashing, creasing, or otherwise deforming the same.

Another object is to provide a pin for the purposes above set -forth which is easy to open both in applying and detaching the same and can be worn with absolute comfort.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claims are read with reference to the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawing- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the preferred embodiment of my improved pin.

Figure 2 is a side view of the pin.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the pin.

Figure 4 is a view in plan showing the pin applied to a curl.

Reference being had to the drawing by numerals, in its preferred embodiment, my improved coiilure pin comprises a single piece of flat, resilient, strip metal bent upon itself, substantially midway of its ends, to form 9. normally oval loop-type head 6 providing a finger grip, and a pair of relatively long and short, normally closed, legs 2, 3 opposed broad sides facings and connected to the head i by a pair of short stretches 4, 5, respectively, normally engaged flatwise and inclined from the remainder oi the legs 2, 3 so that the head i is oflset laterally of said legs toward the side on which the' shorter leg 2 lies, but in a common plane with Each leg is 01 zig-zag formation and comprises a pair of longitudinally spaced, outthe legs 2, 3 straddling the same, this operation being facilitated by the divergent ends 8 of said legs. The loops 1 lightly grip the curl upon opposite sides thereof and clamp the same between the bends 6 thereof without mashing or creasing the curl. In applying the pin the longer leg 3 is disposed lowermost, or, undermost, thereby facilitating picking up the hairs ofthe curl. Due to this use of the pin and the described inclination of the stretches 4, 5, the head i is offset upwardly, or outwardly away from the head of the person for easy grasping and manipulation of the pin. To open the legs 2, 3 in detaching the pin, it is merely necessary to pry the ends 8 apart by insertion of the finger or thumb therebetween. As will be apparent, the legs 2, 3 at the ends of the loops I, when closed, provide engaging portions ii limiting closing of the legs 2, 3 so as to positively prevent mashing the curl. v

The end 8' of the leg 3 is longer than the end 8 of the leg 2 and the terminal. of the end 8 is formed with a depression which provides a rounded projection i2 on the under face of the end 8' which will cause this end of leg 3 to slide smoothly over the scalp in putting the pin in position or removing it from the head. Also the bends 8 of the leg tare thickened and made shallower than the opposing portions 6 or leg 2, as shown at 5' and provided with concave side edges so that the fingers of the user can readily grip the parts 6 of leg 2, in separating the legs.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suflice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described is susceptible of modifications without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall without the scope of the subioined claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A hairpin for straddling a curl to maintain the same in form comprising a head forming end loop, and a. pair of resilient fiat legs extending from said loop, each leg including a pair of longitudinally spaced outward bendathe pairs of bends being opposed to form a pair of substantially. oval loops for clasping opposite sides of the curl therebetween, the bends of the lower leg being shallower than those of the upper leg and having concave edges.

2. A hairpin for straddling a curl to maintain the same in form comprising a head forming end loop, and a pair of resilient flat legs extending from said loop, each leg including a pair of longitudinally spaced outward bends, the pairs or bends being opposed to term a pair of substantially oval loops for claeping opposite sides oi the curl therebetween, the bends oi the lower leg being shallower than those 01' the upper leg and having concave edges, the free ends of the legs diverging and the free end of the put in place.

DANIEL M. WILLIS. 

